Corynebacterium striatum Bacteremia Associated with a Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infection

A 49-year-old woman visited our emergency department because of exertional dyspnea due to severe left ventricular functional failure. It progressed to disseminated intravascular coagulation and disturbance of consciousness on day 67 of admission. Gram-positive bacilli were detected from two differen...

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Main Authors: Ueno Daisuke, Tomohiro Oishi, Kunikazu Yamane, Kihei Terada
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2682149
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description A 49-year-old woman visited our emergency department because of exertional dyspnea due to severe left ventricular functional failure. It progressed to disseminated intravascular coagulation and disturbance of consciousness on day 67 of admission. Gram-positive bacilli were detected from two different blood culture samples on day 67 of admission. An API-Coryne test and sequencing (1~615 bp) of the 16S rRNA gene were performed, and the strain was identified as Corynebacterium striatum. The bacterium was detected from the removed central venous catheter tip too, and the patient was diagnosed with catheter-related bloodstream infection by C. striatum. However, treatment was not effective, and the patient died on day 73 of admission.
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spelling doaj-art-5d202ce619b24b628f26da38d8de192b2025-08-20T03:34:42ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332017-01-01201710.1155/2017/26821492682149Corynebacterium striatum Bacteremia Associated with a Catheter-Related Blood Stream InfectionUeno Daisuke0Tomohiro Oishi1Kunikazu Yamane2Kihei Terada3Department of Digestive Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, JapanDepartment of Pediatrics, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, JapanDepartment of Public Health, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, JapanDepartment of Pediatrics, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, JapanA 49-year-old woman visited our emergency department because of exertional dyspnea due to severe left ventricular functional failure. It progressed to disseminated intravascular coagulation and disturbance of consciousness on day 67 of admission. Gram-positive bacilli were detected from two different blood culture samples on day 67 of admission. An API-Coryne test and sequencing (1~615 bp) of the 16S rRNA gene were performed, and the strain was identified as Corynebacterium striatum. The bacterium was detected from the removed central venous catheter tip too, and the patient was diagnosed with catheter-related bloodstream infection by C. striatum. However, treatment was not effective, and the patient died on day 73 of admission.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2682149
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Corynebacterium striatum Bacteremia Associated with a Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infection
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
title Corynebacterium striatum Bacteremia Associated with a Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infection
title_full Corynebacterium striatum Bacteremia Associated with a Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infection
title_fullStr Corynebacterium striatum Bacteremia Associated with a Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infection
title_full_unstemmed Corynebacterium striatum Bacteremia Associated with a Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infection
title_short Corynebacterium striatum Bacteremia Associated with a Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infection
title_sort corynebacterium striatum bacteremia associated with a catheter related blood stream infection
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